From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754041Ab0EOMEU (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 May 2010 08:04:20 -0400 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:27702 "EHLO mga03.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753168Ab0EOMET (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 May 2010 08:04:19 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,236,1272870000"; d="scan'208";a="277466178" Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 19:59:50 +0800 From: Shaohui Zheng To: Balbir Singh Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.co, fengguang.wu@intel.com, haicheng.li@linux.intel.com, shaohui.zheng@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [RFC, 0/7] NUMA Hotplug emulator Message-ID: <20100515115950.GA23083@shaohui> Mail-Followup-To: Balbir Singh , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.co, fengguang.wu@intel.com, haicheng.li@linux.intel.com, shaohui.zheng@linux.intel.com References: <20100513113629.GA2169@shaohui> <20100514065744.GB3296@balbir.in.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100514065744.GB3296@balbir.in.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:27:44PM +0530, Balbir Singh wrote: > * Shaohui Zheng [2010-05-13 19:36:30]: > > > Hi, All > > This patchset introduces NUMA hotplug emulator for x86. it refers too > > many files and might introduce new bugs, so we send a RFC to comminity first > > and expect comments and suggestions, thanks. > > > > * WHAT IS HOTPLUG EMULATOR > > > > NUMA hotplug emulator is collectively named for the hotplug emulation > > it is able to emulate NUMA Node Hotplug thru a pure software way. It > > intends to help people easily debug and test node/cpu/memory hotplug > > related stuff on a none-numa-hotplug-support machine, even an UMA machine. > > > > The emulator provides mechanism to emulate the process of physcial cpu/mem > > hotadd, it provides possibility to debug CPU and memory hotplug on the machines > > without NUMA support for kenrel developers. It offers an interface for cpu > > and memory hotplug test purpose. > > > > Sounds like an interesting project, could you please > > Post your patches as threaded, ideally having 0/7 to 7/7 in a thread > helps track the patches and comments. > > -- > Three Cheers, > Balbir Sorry for the late response, I have no experience to post all the patches into one thread, I will consult local expert. Thanks Balbir, because of your guys's feedbacks and review comments, the code quality should be guaranteed. -- Thanks & Regards, Shaohui